When legendary UGK founder Chad “Pimp C” Butler died suddenly in 2007, Julia Beverly felt like the rapper-producer who’d help shape the South’s sound and spirit deserved much more adulation than he ultimately received. And she decided to do something about it.

UGK’s legacy is as much a part of Southern hip-hop music and culture as iconic mainstays like OutKast and Scarface. Surviving member Bun B carries the torch, but with her biography of the late Pimp C, Julia Beverly reminds us how much of a void was left by his untimely death.